This page will contain additional articles about Barbara Stanwyck, as they become available.Barbara StanwyckBarbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas (1937Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Katherine Stevens) (July 16, 1907 - January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. She was born in New York City, and her mother died when she was only four. She took her stage name from the name of a play, "Barbara Frietchie", about a fictional Civil War heroine. The play starred a British actress named Joan Stanwyck. Stanwyck starred in almost a hundred films during her career and received four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress: Stella Dallas (1937), Ball of Fire (1941), Double Indemnity (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). She received an Academy Honorary Award "for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting" in 1982. In her later years, she also starred in television, notably in the 1960s Western series, The Big Valley. Her last starring role was in 1985, in The Colbys. During her life, Stanwyck was the subject of rumor that she was a lesbian, and that her marriage to the actor Robert Taylor was a "lavender marriage", designed to conceal the fact that both were homosexual. After her death, biographies began to report these rumors as fact, with several sources who had known both Stanwyck and Taylor willing to go on record and verify these claims. Filmography
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After her death, biographies began to report these rumors as fact, with several sources who had known both Stanwyck and Taylor willing to go on record and verify these claims. She had a recurring role in the HBO series Six Feet Under as Celeste, a spoiled pop star for whom Keith serves as a bodyguard. During her life, Stanwyck was the subject of rumor that she was a lesbian, and that her marriage to the actor Robert Taylor was a "lavender marriage", designed to conceal the fact that both were homosexual. Since Buffy she has returned to film, with the recent Eurotrip, co-starring Scott Mechlowicz and Travis Wester and directed by Jeff Schaffer. Her last starring role was in 1985, in The Colbys. She remained in the role until the show's cancellation in 2003. In her later years, she also starred in television, notably in the 1960s Western series, The Big Valley. In Summer 2000 Trachtenberg took up the role of Dawn Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She received an Academy Honorary Award "for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting" in 1982. In 2000 she made Snow Day. Stanwyck starred in almost a hundred films during her career and received four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress: Stella Dallas (1937), Ball of Fire (1941), Double Indemnity (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). She returned to film in 1999 for Inspector Gadget and Can't Be Heaven. The play starred a British actress named Joan Stanwyck. She then returned to television for Meego, for which she won a Young Artist Award. She took her stage name from the name of a play, "Barbara Frietchie", about a fictional Civil War heroine. Trachtenberg's film career began in 1996 with the lead role in Harriet the Spy. She was born in New York City, and her mother died when she was only four. It was on All My Children that Trachtenberg first worked with future Buffy co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar. Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Katherine Stevens) (July 16, 1907 - January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. During the same period she played the second Lily Montgomery in All My Children. "Barbara Stanwyck, Actress, Dead at 82." The New York Times. January 22, 1990. D11. She played Nona Mecklenberg in The Adventures of Pete & Pete from 1994 until 1996. Flint. Her first credited role came in 1993. Peter B. She went on to feature in over 100 more commercials. Broadway Nights (1927). Born in New York City, she had her first television appearance in 1988 in a commercial for Wisk Detergent. Mexicali Rose (aka The Girl from Mexico) (1929). Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (born October 11, 1985 in New York, United States) is an American television and movie actress best known for her role as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Locked Door (1929). Harriet the Spy (1996). Ladies of Leisure (1930). Inspector Gadget (1999). Illicit (1931). Eurotrip (2004). Ten Cents a Dance (1931). Mysterious Skin (2004). The Slippery Pearls (aka The Stolen Jools) (short) (1931). Ice Princess (2005) (in post-production). The Miracle Woman (1931). Vinyl (2005) (in pre-production). Night Nurse (1931). Forbidden (1932). Shopworn (1932). So Big! (1932). The Purchase Price (1932). The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933). Baby Face (1933). Ladies They Talk About (aka Women in Prison) (1933). Ever in My Heart (1933). A Lost Lady (aka Courageous) (1934)*. The Secret Bride (aka Concealment) (1934). Gambling Lady (1934). Annie Oakley (1935). The Woman in Red (1935). Red Salute (aka Arms and the Girl) (aka Her Enlisted Man) (aka Her Uncle Sam) (aka Runaway Daughter) (1935). His Brother's Wife (aka Lady of the Tropics) (1936). A Message to Garcia (1936). The Plough and the Stars (1936). The Bride Walks Out (1936). Banjo on My Knee (1936). This Is My Affair (aka His Affair) (1937). Stella Dallas (1937). Breakfast for Two (1937). Internes Can't Take Money (aka You Can't Take Money) (1937). The Mad Miss Manton (1938). Always Goodbye (1938). Golden Boy (1939). Union Pacific (1939). Remember the Night (1940). Meet John Doe (aka John Doe, Dynamite) (1941). You Belong to Me (aka Good Morning, Doctor) (1941). Ball of Fire (aka The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) (1941). The Lady Eve (1941). The Great Man's Lady (1942). The Gay Sisters (1942). Lady of Burlesque (aka The G-String Murders) (aka Striptease Lady) (1943). Flesh and Fantasy (aka Six Destinies) (1943). Double Indemnity (1944). Hollywood Canteen (1944). Christmas in Connecticut (aka Indiscretion) (1945). My Reputation (1946). The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). California (1946). The Bride Wore Boots (1946). Carrolls (1947). The Two Mrs. Variety Girl (1947). The Other Love (1947). Cry Wolf (1947). Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). F.'s Daughter (aka Polly Fulton) (1948). B. No Man of Her Own (aka I Married a Dead Man) (1949). The Lady Gambles (1949). The File on Thelma Jordan, (aka Thelma Jordan) (1949). East Side, West Side (1949). To Please a Lady (aka Red Hot Wheels) (1950). The Furies (1950). The Man with a Cloak (1951). Clash by Night (1952). Titanic (1953). The Moonlighter (1953). All I Desire (aka Stopover) (aka You Belong to Me) (1953). Jeopardy (1953). Blowing Wild (1953). Witness to Murder (1954). Executive Suite (1954). Cattle Queen of Montana (1954). The Violent Men (aka The Bandits)(aka Rough Company) (1955). Escape to Burma (1955). The Maverick Queen (1956). These Wilder Years (1956). There's Always Tomorrow (1956). Crime of Passion (1957). Trooper Hook (1957). Forty Guns (1957). Walk on the Wild Side (1962). Roustabout (1964). The Night Walker (aka The Dream Killer) (1964). |